Carlow Golf Club

Deerpark, Dublin Road, Carlow

Tel: + 353 (0) 59 9131695

Fax: + 353 (0) 59 9140065

Website: www.carlowgolfclub.com

Email: info@carlowgolfclub.com

 

 

 

 

 

Set in the beautiful green countryside of the South East, Carlow Golf Club is a 27-hole parkland course laid out in a former wild deer park attached to the old Bruen Estate. The course has a sandy sub-soil which is links like with undulating terrain, numerous elevated tees, several excellent dog legs and small slick putting surfaces. The course is naturally free draining and as such is playable twelve months of the year with a plugged ball almost unheard of. Extensive, mature woods added to the njoyment of a golfing round here. It's qualities are further enhanced by the water hazards at the 1st, 2nd, 10th and 11th holes. There are many long par 4's and the 16th, a very demanding two shotter played through a tunnel like calley, has been chosen by Christy O' Connor Snr. as the foremost 16th hole in Ireland.

The new 9-hole Oak Park golf course at Carlow Golf Club is a truly terrific layout designed by the renowned architect, Jeff Howes. Situated on rolling terrain, this par 35-course provides a superb challenge to golfers of all standards. Similar to our Championship Deerpark Course, the emphasis is on accurate iron play and a delicate short game to extricate yourself from trouble when required. It is one of the finest 9 holes of golf that a player can encounter anywhere in the country. Carlow Golf Club is currently ranked in the top 20 of great golf courses in Ireland. One thing is guaranteed, once you visit Carlow you will receive excellent hospitality, a good day's golf and memories treasured forever.

Located on the N9, 50 miles from Dublin and only 30 minutes from the K Club which is host to the 2006 Ryder Cup. A range of championship courses including Mount Juliet, Mount Wolseley, Killerig and Rathsallagh are also located closeby.

Type of course - Deerpark course 18 hole parkland - 5974 metres - par 70
Type of course - Oak Park Course
9 hole parkland - 2923 metres - par 35
Opening hours Daylight hours. The Clubhouse Bar is open every day from 10.00 a.m. - 11.00 p.m. A fully serviced restaurant offers a choice of breakfasts (by prior arrangement), lunch and dinner menus and is open from 9.30 a.m. - 10.00 p.m. each day.
Green Fees Midweek: €50.00. Weekends: €60.00. Husband & wife rate: €75.00 midweek, €100.00 weekend.
Group rate 20 plus midweek €45.00 and weekends €50.00. Oak Park Course €20.00
Lessons By private arrangement with P.G.A. professional Mr. Andrew Gilbert
Hire Services Clubs, caddy hire and buggy hire

HISTORY OF CARLOW GOLF CLUB

The original club was founded on 18th May 1899 as the Leinster Golf Club with a nine hole course at Gotham to serve the Carlow/Athy area. In 1902 the name was changed to Carlow Golf Club and affiliated to the Golfing Union of Ireland. After the First World War membership grew rapidly resulting in a transfer to a 164 acre portion of the Deerpark part of the Bruen estate in 1922. The new course designer Cecil Barcroft laid out an excellent 18 holes over the superb wooded an undulating site. Tom Simpson assisted by Molly Gourlay was commissioned in 1937 to redesign some ten greens and most of the bunkers. It's a fitting tribute to these great designers of the past that the basic course remains unchanged to this day.

PRO SHOP

Andrew Gilbert runs a well stocked golf shop at Carlow Golf Club and also provides golf tuition. Andew started his professional life in England and seven years later succeeded Christy O' Connor Jnr. as Carlow's head professional. He has worked for some leading names in golf and has become respected as one of the finest teachers in the country, with pupils from far and wide including many fellow professionals as his clients.

 

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